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| Byram Invitational | 5 | Bronx Science GM | Jonathan Alston |
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| Byram Invitational | 5 | Bronx Science GM | Jonathan Alston |
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| Byram Invitational | 1 | Scarsdale EL | Sam Azbel |
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| Greenhill Round Robin | 1 | Kinkaid JY | Jonathan Alston, David Dosch |
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| Greenhill Round Robin | 1 | Kinkaid JY | Jonathan Alston, David Dosch |
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| Valley Invitational | 6 | Millard North GB | Chris Theis |
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| Valley Invitational | Semis | Oakwood JW | Tom Evnen, Terrence Lonam, Cameron McConway |
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| Valley Round Robin | 2 | Scarsdale ZE | Tom Evnen, Dan Carlson |
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| Byram Invitational | 5 | Opponent: Bronx Science GM | Judge: Jonathan Alston AC |
| Byram Invitational | 5 | Opponent: Bronx Science GM | Judge: Jonathan Alston AC |
| Byram Invitational | 1 | Opponent: Scarsdale EL | Judge: Sam Azbel AC |
| Greenhill Round Robin | 1 | Opponent: Kinkaid JY | Judge: Jonathan Alston, David Dosch AC |
| Greenhill Round Robin | 1 | Opponent: Kinkaid JY | Judge: Jonathan Alston, David Dosch AC |
| Valley Invitational | 6 | Opponent: Millard North GB | Judge: Chris Theis AC |
| Valley Invitational | Semis | Opponent: Oakwood JW | Judge: Tom Evnen, Terrence Lonam, Cameron McConway AC |
| Valley Round Robin | 2 | Opponent: Scarsdale ZE | Judge: Tom Evnen, Dan Carlson AC |
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0 - Condo RepsTournament: Greenhill Round Robin | Round: 6 | Opponent: Montgomery WP | Judge: Nigel, Kris Wright B Violation C
2. Clash D Voting issue | 9/17/16 |
0 - ContactTournament: All | Round: 1 | Opponent: All | Judge: All | 9/10/16 |
1 - Evans KTournament: Byram Invitational | Round: 5 | Opponent: Bronx Science GM | Judge: Jonathan Alston 1 Their Wilderson K is part of the problem: they ignore the role whites play in anti blackness.Evans 1: Evans, Rashad. Coach and former policy debater “On White Afropessimism.” July 2015. RP Such was not 2 White debaters reading wilderson is a contradiction – Wilderson's argument is that whites are structurally antagonistic, which they allow Afropessimism is nothing | 9/14/16 |
SEPTOCT - Africa PlanTournament: Valley Invitational | Round: 6 | Opponent: Millard North GB | Judge: Chris Theis The Role of the Judge is to Promote Critical Education, which means they must enhance our potential to uncover biases and oppression in dominant thinking.Judges can uniquely make debate a way to challenge social norms.Giroux writes: Giroux, Henry. Waterbury Chair Professor, Pennsylvania State University “Critical Pedagogy and the Postmodern/Modern Divide: Towards a Pedagogy of Democratization.” Teacher Education Quarterly, Winter 2004. CH The search for The Role of the Ballot is to Endorse the Best Liberation Strategy for the Oppressed.
Debate should deal with material harms – oppression is bad regardless of the ethical theory, and we should focus on specific ways to resolve it.
Curry: Curry, Tommy J. Ph.D., Associate Professor of Philosophy, Texas A and M University “The Cost of a Thing: A Kingian Reformulation of a Living Wage Argument in the 21st Century.” Victory Briefs, January/February 2015. KK Despite the pronouncement Part 2: Nuclear Apartheid Though South Africa is the only African country with nuclear power, the whole continent is trying to develop it.Luke shows: Luke, Ronke. Contributor, Oil Price “Africa Banking On Nuclear Power.” Oil Price, October 2015. RP It’s no secret Russia is pressuring South Africa to increase NP production, encouraging corruption. But in late A The goal of nuclear expansion in Africa is rooted in colonialism: Western elites initially pressured South Africa to “join the nuclear club.” South Africa might And colonialism continues: the West perpetuates false needs, convincing other countries they need to participate in global capitalism.Marcuse shows: Marcuse, Herbert. German philosopher, Frankfurt School One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society. Beacon, 1964. RP I should like The result is a system of modern-day apartheid and environmental racism.Chen: Chen, Michelle. Contributor, Colorlines “The Radioactive Racism Behind Nuclear Energy.” Colorlines, March 2011. RP One would think Thus, the Plan: The African Union’s member countries ought to prohibit the production of nuclear power.
WISE explains Greenpeace’s advocacy: WISE Amsterdam. “Stop Nuclear Power in Africa.” Wiseinternational.org, June 15, 2012. CH Article On May Part 3: Freedom1 Banning nuclear power is key to South Africa and other states to access sovereignty. A shift to renewables is the likely outcome.
Winkler: Winkler, Hartmut. Professor of Physics, University of Johannesburg “Why South Africa Should Not Build Eight New Nuclear Power Stations.” The Conversation, November 2015. RP The expansion of In fact, banning nuclear is a necessary first step to growing renewables – South Africa doesn’t even GET ENERGY FROM NUCLEAR due to failed builds. South Africa spent Yet banning nuclear leads African states to use the renewables already available.Adam 3: Adam, Ferrial. Contributor, Greenpeace “The True Cost of Nuclear Power in South Africa.” Greenpeace, August 2011. RP South Africa has AND 2 Nothing short of a ban solves – regulations won’t work and are empirically circumvented. Every country with | 9/25/16 |
SEPTOCT - Environmental Injustice ACTournament: Byram Invitational | Round: 1 | Opponent: Scarsdale EL | Judge: Sam Azbel I affirm and value Just State Action, defined as government policy that guarantees rights by ensuring people have equal moral status.
People are inherently equal at birth, so systemic exclusion of particular groups arbitrarily denies due.Winter and Leighton: Winter, Deborah DuNann Professor of Psychology, Whitman College, and Dana C. Leighton, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology, Southern Arkansas University. “Peace, Conflict, and Violence: Peace Psychology in the 21st Century.” New York: Prentice Hall, 2001. BE Finally, to recognize Since justice requires rectifying actual mistreatment, we should address material conditions of violence first.Pappas: Pappas, Gregory Fernando. Texas AandM University “The Pragmatists’ Approach to Injustice.” The Pluralist, Volume 11, Number 1, Spring 2016. BE In Experience and The standard is Promoting Social Equality. Promoting Social Equality means increasing all peoples’ ability to have a say in the conditions that govern them.
Aggregating interests is the only way to account for the equality of all beings.David Cummiskey 90 Associate prof of philo @ UChicago, “Kantian Consequentialism”, University of Chicago Press, Ethics, Vol. 100, No. 3 (Apr., 1990), pp. 586-615, BE I advocate that countries prohibit the production of nuclear power through the German phase-out model. This entails decommissioning reactors over a ten-year period.WNN writes: World Nuclear News Source that writes about news affecting nuclear power and nuclear weapons “Proposal for financing German nuclear phase-out.” WNN, April 2016. RP Following the Fukushima Advantage 1: The War Against WorkersNuclear power exposes workers to dangerous radiation – workers are exploited by the state, that falsifies information. In stages (2)–(5) In fact, states often try to minimize NP’s real risks to create a false sense of security.Cousins notes: Cousins, Elicia Researcher, Carleton College, Claire Karban, Fay Li, and Marianna Zapanta. “Nuclear Power and Environmental Justice.” Carleton College, Environmental Studies Comprehensive Project, no date. RP Those who experience Shift away from nuclear is inevitable due to decreasing uranium supply – banning nuclear power is key to ensure renewable jobs and grow the industry now. Phase-out empirically leads to a full shift to renewables, as in Europe.Shankleman writes: Shankleman, Jessica. Contributor, Bloomberg News “Germany Just Got Almost All of Its Power From Renewable Energy.” Bloomberg News, April 2016. RP Clean power supplied Advantage 2: Indigenous Populations
Nuclear producers often label native reservations “wastelands” to justify using them as sites for uranium mining. In addition to And the harm goes further: every facet of nuclear production unequally endangers native populations.Endres 2: Endres, Danielle Department of Communication, University of Utah “From Wasteland to Waste Site: The Role of Disocurse In Nuclear Power’s Environmental Injustice.” Routledge, November 2009. RP All nuclear power Unlike the wealthy, indigenous groups often lack the financial or political capital to challenge such injustice.Parkins writes: Parkins, John R. Department of Resource Economics, University of Alberta “Social and Ethical Considerations of Nuclear Power.” April 2011. RP A related ethical Closing nuclear plants is the only way to solve instances of injustice – normal regulations are ineffective, so nothing short of prohibition solves.Ross: Ross, Timothy J. Professor of Civil Engineering, University of New Mexico “Avoiding Apocalypse: Congress Should Ban Nuclear Power.” UB Law, Fall 2011. RP Currently, the NRC Given the multi-faceted harms of nuclear power, only a ban can equalize treatment.Kyne and Bolin: Kyne, Dean Department of Sociology and Anthropology, the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, and Bob Bolin School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University. “Emerging Environmental Justice Issues in Nuclear Power and Radioactive Contamination.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 13, 700, 2016. CH Beyond the health | 9/14/16 |
SEPTOCT - Environmental Injustice AC Valley RR R2Tournament: Valley Round Robin | Round: 2 | Opponent: Scarsdale ZE | Judge: Tom Evnen, Dan Carlson I affirm and value Just State Action, defined as government policy that guarantees rights by ensuring people have equal moral status.
People are inherently equal at birth, so systemic exclusion of particular groups arbitrarily denies due.Winter and Leighton: Winter, Deborah DuNann Professor of Psychology, Whitman College, and Dana C. Leighton, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology, Southern Arkansas University. “Peace, Conflict, and Violence: Peace Psychology in the 21st Century.” New York: Prentice Hall, 2001. BE Finally, to recognize Since justice requires rectifying actual mistreatment, we should address material conditions of violence first.Pappas: Pappas, Gregory Fernando. Texas AandM University “The Pragmatists’ Approach to Injustice.” The Pluralist, Volume 11, Number 1, Spring 2016. BE In Experience and The standard is Promoting Social Equality. Promoting Social Equality means increasing all peoples’ ability to have a say in the conditions that govern them.
Prefer the standard:
1 States can’t focus on abstract, overarching theories but should do what’s right because it’s the right thing to do– political philosophy should analyze particular injustice when deciding what action to take. 2 Aggregating interests is the only way to account for the equality of all beings.David Cummiskey Associate prof of philo @ UChicago, “Kantian Consequentialism”, University of Chicago Press, Ethics, Vol. 100, No. 3 (Apr., 1990), pp. 586-615, BE We must not 3 Moral uncertainty means we should prefer an inclusive epistemology – that means equality.Ross writes: Ross, Jacob. Associate Professor, University of Southern California School of Philosophy “Rejecting Ethical Deflationism.” Ethics, 2006. CH In deciding whether I advocate that countries ought to prohibit the production of nuclear power. Germany is normal means. Following the Fukushima Advantage 1: The War Against WorkersNuclear power is a form of economic exploitation – the state forces poor workers into jobs with dangerous conditions.Alldred shows: Alldred, Mary. Ph.D. candidate, Stony Brook Ecology Department “Environmental Injustice in Siting Nuclear Plants.” Environmental Injustice, Volume 2 (Number 2), 2009. RP In stages (2)–(5) of The nuclear industry pays off state officials to cover up nuclear power’s risks, fabricating studies on the safety of plants. Part of the These cover ups are DELIBERATE ATTEMPTS by the state – they want people to just return to jobs in factories, providing labor.Cousins notes: Cousins, Elicia Researcher, Carleton College, Claire Karban, Fay Li, and Marianna Zapanta. “Nuclear Power and Environmental Justice.” Carleton College, Environmental Studies Comprehensive Project, no date. RP Those who experience A ban is key – regulations just get circumvented by officials with an incentive to continue production – prohibitions shut down the dangerous industry. Currently, the NRC Advantage 2: The Fight for the FutureNuclear power creates harms to the environment that last millions of years – it’s comparatively worse than warming or coal and lasts way longer. Independent of waste, nuclear power is unjust since it’s from a process that excludes future generations, who can’t advocate for themselves. It is of Shift away from nuclear is inevitable due to decreasing uranium supply – banning nuclear power is key to ensure renewable jobs and grow the industry now. Nuclear power is A phase out of nuclear power leads to a full shift to renewables – Europe proves.Shankleman writes: Shankleman, Jessica. Contributor, Bloomberg News “Germany Just Got Almost All of Its Power From Renewable Energy.” Bloomberg News, April 2016. RP Clean power supplied Renewables can supply enough energy create an all-renewable economy – the only reason states don’t pursue is because of nuclear’s data manipulation. However, nuclear proponents | 9/26/16 |
SEPTOCT - Environmental Injustice AC v2Tournament: Greenhill Round Robin | Round: 1 | Opponent: Kinkaid JY | Judge: Jonathan Alston, David Dosch I affirm and value Just State Action, defined as government policy that guarantees rights by ensuring people have equal moral status.
People are inherently equal at birth, so systemic exclusion of particular groups arbitrarily denies due.Winter and Leighton: Winter, Deborah DuNann Professor of Psychology, Whitman College, and Dana C. Leighton, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology, Southern Arkansas University. “Peace, Conflict, and Violence: Peace Psychology in the 21st Century.” New York: Prentice Hall, 2001. BE Finally, to recognize Since justice requires rectifying actual mistreatment, we should address material conditions of violence first.Pappas: Pappas, Gregory Fernando. Texas AandM University “The Pragmatists’ Approach to Injustice.” The Pluralist, Volume 11, Number 1, Spring 2016. BE The standard is Promoting Social Equality. Promoting Social Equality means increasing all peoples’ ability to have a say in the conditions that govern them.
I advocate that countries prohibit the production of nuclear power following Germany’s phase-out model. This entails decommissioning reactors over a ten-year period.WNN writes: World Nuclear News Source that writes about news affecting nuclear power and nuclear weapons “Proposal for financing German nuclear phase-out.” WNN, April 2016. RP Following the Fukushima Advantage 1: The War Against WorkersNuclear power is a form of economic exploitation – the state forces poor workers into jobs with dangerous conditions.Alldred shows: Alldred, Mary. Ph.D. candidate, Stony Brook Ecology Department “Environmental Injustice in Siting Nuclear Plants.” Environmental Injustice, Volume 2 (Number 2), 2009. RP The nuclear industry pays off state officials to cover up nuclear power’s risks, fabricating studies on the safety of plants. Part of the These cover ups are DELIBERATE ATTEMPTS by the state – they want people to just return to jobs in factories, providing labor.Cousins notes: Cousins, Elicia Researcher, Carleton College, Claire Karban, Fay Li, and Marianna Zapanta. “Nuclear Power and Environmental Justice.” Carleton College, Environmental Studies Comprehensive Project, no date. RP Those who experience Shift away from nuclear is inevitable due to decreasing uranium supply – banning nuclear power is key to ensure renewable jobs and grow the industry now. A phase out of nuclear power leads to a full shift to renewables – Europe proves. Clean power supplied Advantage 2: Resisting RacismEvery stage of nuclear production is tied to colonialism – the government mines on areas they think of as wastelands.Endres 1: Endres, Danielle Department of Communication, University of Utah “From Wasteland to Waste Site: The Role of Disocurse In Nuclear Power’s Environmental Injustice.” Routledge, November 2009. RP In addition to Nuclear power is a continuation of the legacy of slavery – the government can place reactors near those they deem as disposableMangano writes: Mangano, Joseph J. Contributor, The Nation “Reactors and Racism.” The Nation. August 2005. RP The Entergy Nuclear These forms of exploitation prime society for mass death and killings, and eventually extinction. This large and Unlike the wealthy, indigenous groups often lack the financial or political capital to challenge such injustice.Parkins writes: Parkins, John R. Department of Resource Economics, University of Alberta “Social and Ethical Considerations of Nuclear Power.” April 2011. RP A related ethical Mere regulations get circumvented, so nothing short of prohibition solves.Ross shows: Ross, Timothy J. Professor of Civil Engineering, University of New Mexico “Avoiding Apocalypse: Congress Should Ban Nuclear Power.” UB Law, Fall 2011. RP Currently, the NRC | 9/26/16 |
SEPTOCT - Environmental Injustice AC v3Tournament: Valley Invitational | Round: Semis | Opponent: Oakwood JW | Judge: Tom Evnen, Terrence Lonam, Cameron McConway People are inherently equal at birth, so systemic exclusion of particular groups arbitrarily denies due. Finally, to recognize Since justice requires rectifying actual mistreatment, we should address material conditions of violence first. The standard is Promoting Social Equality. Promoting Social Equality means increasing all peoples’ ability to have a say in the conditions that govern them. I advocate that countries ought to prohibit the production of nuclear power. Germany is normal means. Following the Fukushima Advantage 1: The War Against Workers The nuclear industry pays off state officials to cover up nuclear power’s risks, fabricating studies on the safety of plants. Shrader-Frechette: Shrader-Frechette, Kristin. O’Neill Family Professor, University of Notre Dame “Answering ‘Scientific Attacks’ on Ethical Imperatives: Wind and Solar Versus Nuclear Solutions to Climate Change.” Ethics and the Environment Volume 18, Number 1, Spring 2013. RP Part of the These cover ups are DELIBERATE ATTEMPTS by the state – they want people to just return to jobs in factories, providing labor. Those who experience Shift away from nuclear is inevitable due to decreasing uranium supply – banning nuclear power is key to ensure renewable jobs and grow the industry now. Schönau: Electricity Schönau. German Power Company “100 Good Reasons Against Nuclear Power.” 2009. RP A phase out of nuclear power leads to a full shift to renewables – Europe proves. Shankleman writes: Shankleman, Jessica. Contributor, Bloomberg News “Germany Just Got Almost All of Its Power From Renewable Energy.” Bloomberg News, April 2016. RP Clean power supplied Advantage 2: Resisting Racism In addition to Nuclear power is a continuation of the legacy of slavery – the government can place reactors near those they deem as disposable The Entergy Nuclear These forms of exploitation prime society for mass death and killings, and eventually extinction. Scheper-Hughes writes: (Prof of Anthropology @ Cal-Berkely; Prof of Anthropology @ UPenn) (Nancy and Philippe, Introduction: Making Sense of Violence, in Violence in War and Peace, pg. 19-22) This large and Unlike the wealthy, indigenous groups often lack the financial or political capital to challenge such injustice. A related ethical Mere regulations get circumvented, so nothing short of prohibition solves. Currently, the NRC | 9/26/16 |
SEPTOCT - Environmental Justice GH RR R6Tournament: Greenhill Round Robin | Round: 6 | Opponent: Montgomery WP | Judge: Nigel, Kris Wright The Role of the Judge is to Promote Critical Education, which means they must enhance our potential to uncover biases and oppression in dominant thinking
Judges can uniquely make debate a way to challenge social norms.Giroux writes: Giroux, Henry. Waterbury Chair Professor, Pennsylvania State University “Critical Pedagogy and the Postmodern/Modern Divide: Towards a Pedagogy of Democratization.” Teacher Education Quarterly, Winter 2004. CH The search for The Role of the Ballot is to Endorse the Best Liberation Strategy for the Oppressed.
Debate should deal with material harms – oppression is bad regardless of the ethical theory, and we should focus on specific ways to resolve it
Curry: Curry, Tommy J. Ph.D., Associate Professor of Philosophy, Texas A and M University “The Cost of a Thing: A Kingian Reformulation of a Living Wage Argument in the 21st Century.” Victory Briefs, January/February 2015. KK Despite the pronouncement I advocate that countries prohibit the production of nuclear power following Germany’s phase-out model This entails decommissioning reactors over a ten-year period.WNN writes: World Nuclear News Source that writes about news affecting nuclear power and nuclear weapons “Proposal for financing German nuclear phase-out.” WNN, April 2016. RP Following the Fukushima The Advantage is Resisting RacismEvery stage of nuclear production is tied to colonialism – the government mines on areas they think of as wastelands.Endres 1: Endres, Danielle Department of Communication, University of Utah “From Wasteland to Waste Site: The Role of Disocurse In Nuclear Power’s Environmental Injustice.” Routledge, November 2009. RP In addition to Nuclear power is a continuation of the legacy of slavery – the government can place reactors near those they deem as disposableMangano writes: Mangano, Joseph J. Contributor, The Nation “Reactors and Racism.” The Nation. August 2005. RP The Entergy Nuclear These forms of exploitation prime society for mass death and killings, and eventually extinction. This large and Unlike the wealthy, indigenous groups often lack the financial or political capital to challenge such injustice.Parkins writes: Parkins, John R. Department of Resource Economics, University of Alberta “Social and Ethical Considerations of Nuclear Power.” April 2011. RP A related ethical Closing nuclear plants is the only way to solve instances of injustice – normal regulations are ineffective, so nothing short of prohibition solves.Ross shows: Ross, Timothy J. Professor of Civil Engineering, University of New Mexico “Avoiding Apocalypse: Congress Should Ban Nuclear Power.” UB Law, Fall 2011. RP Currently, the NRC Independent of waste, nuclear power is unjust since it’s from a process that excludes future generations, who can’t advocate for themselves – only a ban is able to resolve this harm. It is of Underview
Roleplaying as policymakers is empowerment for students Particularism is good—root cause claims ignore specific uses – even if the state is bad GENERALLY, look to the SPECIFICS The pragmatists’ approach Prohibitions on nuclear power are part of a negative state action -- they remove a facet of government control from peoples lives. Negative state action is a productive solution against the state. The unintended consequences Abandoning policy discussion for epistemological questioning prevents action and causes violenceJarvis writes: Jarvis 2000 (Director of the Research Institute for International Risk and Lecturer in International Relations, The University of Sydney) 2000 “International relations and the challenge of postmodernism” p. 128-9 Critique is useless without a concrete policy option –solves NONE of their impacts and gets stuck in the Ivory TowerBryant 12 Levi Bryant (Professor of Philosophy at Collin College) “A Critique of the Academic Left” 2012 Equal starting points are key to any dialogue. Rejecting political approaches embraces anti politics which cede the political | 9/17/16 |
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